Funding

From 2010 to 2015, this effort was funded by a $3.2 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture through the Specialty Crops Research Initiative under award number 2016-51181-21062, with an additional $1.7 million in matching contributions from participating commercial partners.

In 2016, the project was approved for an additional $5 million in USDA-NIFA-SCRI funding (award number 2016-51181-25402) to fund the effort for another five years.

"Developing an Eastern Broccoli Industry through cultivar development, economically and environmentally sustainable production and delivery" is supported by the Specialty Crop Research Initiative of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, under Award No. 2016-51181-25402.